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 Football pictogram for the 2020 Summer Olympics | |||||||||
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| Games | 2020 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
| Host country | Japan | ||||||||
| Dates | 21 July – 7 August 2021 | ||||||||
| Venues | Six stadiums across Japan (in 6 host cities) | ||||||||
| Competitors | 504 from 24 nations | ||||||||
| Men's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) | ||||||||
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| Women's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 12 (from 6 confederations) | ||||||||
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The football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 21 July to 7 August 2021 in Japan.[1]
In addition to the Olympic host city of Tokyo, matches were also played in Kashima, Saitama, Sapporo, Rifu and Yokohama.[2]
Two events were contested: a men's and women's competitions. Associations affiliated with FIFA may send teams to participate in the tournament. There were no age restrictions on women's teams, while men's teams were restricted to under-24 players (born on or after 1 January 1997) with a maximum of three overage players allowed.[3] The men's tournament is typically restricted to under-23 players, though following the postponement of the Olympics by a year, FIFA decided to maintain the restriction of players born on or after 1 January 1997.[4] In June 2020, FIFA approved the use of the video assistant referee (VAR) system at the Olympics.[5] Teams were restricted to 18 athletes, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic, rosters were allowed to consist of up to 22 athletes.[6]
Brazil were the men's defending champions. Germany won the previous women's tournament, but failed to qualify after losing to Sweden in the quarter-finals of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Football Tournament: Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Olympic sport football". tokyo2020.jp. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 21 November 2016. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments Tokyo 2020" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Dedicated COVID-19 working group proposes recommendations after first meeting". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "FIFA Council unanimously approves COVID-19 Relief Plan". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "Flexibility introduced for team rosters in several sports at Olympic Games Tokyo 2020". International Olympic Committee. Lausanne, Switzerland. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.